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William Tefft

in the US

There are 27 people with the name "William Tefft" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
William	6
Tefft	13,552
William Tefft	926,166

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is 13,548th most common Hagopian
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is 13,552nd most common Tefft
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is 926,162nd most common William Tappan
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is 926,166th most common William Tefft
is 926,167th most common William Thiede
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is 926,169th most common William Trombly
is 926,170th most common William Trotman

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Meaning & History

William

Tefft

(male) Probably the most successful of all the Old French names of Germanic origin that were introduced to England by the Normans. It is derived from Germanic wil ‘will, desire’ + helm ‘helmet, protection’. The fact that it was borne by the Conqueror himself does not seem to have inhibited its favour with the ‘conquered’ population: in the first century after the Conquest it was the commonest male name of all, and not only among the Normans. In the later Middle Ages it was overtaken by John, but continued to run second to that name until the 20th century, when the picture became more fragmented.

Short forms: Will, Bill.

Pet forms: Willy, Willie, Billy.

Cognates: Irish: Uilliam. Scottish Gaelic: Uilleam. Welsh: Gwilym. German: Wilhelm. Dutch: Willem. Scandinavian: Vilhelm. French: Guillaume. Spanish: Guilermo. Catalan: Guillem. Portuguese: Guilherme. Italian: Guglielmo. Czech: Vilém. Slovenian: Viljem. Hungarian: Vilmos. Lithuanian: Vilhelmas. Latvian: Vilhelms.